The Scale

The Monstergirl Scale

For determining if a game is like Vampire Survivors

-1 to 1 in 60 categories

Genre

1. Rogue-Lite 2. Auto-Shooter / Auto-Battler 3. Real Time 4. Top-Down or Isometric 5. Direct Control of Single Avatar Camera Usually Centered on Player 6. Arcade Style (Little Plot) 7. Bullet Heaven A Many Player Shots 8. Bullet Heaven B Few Enemy Shots / Damage on Touch Focus

Simple Movement Focused Controls

9. One Handed Play (With Controller) 10. Move Only 11. No Dash / Dodge 12. No Trigger 13. No Special Move Button 14. No Aiming 15. No On Attack / On Aim Movement Penalty

Survival Game Modes

16. Timed Survival / Boss Mode 17. Endless Mode 18. Unannounced & Organic Waves 19. High Enemy Count / "Horde"

Power Progression

20. Level on XP Gain Run Event 21. Streamlined Level Choices 22. Currency Based Meta Unlocks 23. Goal Based / Find Based Meta Unlocks

Depth of Buildcrafting

24. Build Crafting 25. Impactful Level / Item Options 26. Weapon Combination / Evolution 27. Interesting Weapon, Item & Ability Synergy 28. Invincible / Broken Builds Possible

Map / Level Features

29. Explorable Map 30. BIG Maps 31. XP / Currency on Ground 32. Health on Ground 33. Temp Powerups / Items on Ground 34. Treasure Chests / Loot Events 35. Vendors on Map / Run

Depth and Breadth of Content

36. Enemy Variety 37. Elites & Bosses 38. Many and /or Interesting Characters 39. Many Challenges 40. Multiple Stages 41. Difficulty Modifiers 42. Bestiary / Lore 43. Achievements 44. Secrets

Aesthetics

45. Retro / Pixel Art Style 46. Damage Numbers 47. Lo-Fi Charm 48. Bumpin' Music 49. Unique / Fun Names / Writing 50. Subtle Humor

Gameplay Vibe Check

51. Panic & Zen Duo Vibe 52. Over The Top 53. "One More Run" / Short Runs 54. Difficulty Ramp 55. Fun Ramp 56. Low Price 57. Technical Check / Functional Polish 58. Controls Check 59. Fun Check 60. Feels like VS

How to Tally

-1 to 1 in 60 Categories
Scoring in 10ths
(example: -.4 or .8)

1: Feature Fully Present
0: Feature Missing
-1: Critical Difference

Tip:

Rely Heavily on Vibes!

Report as number out of 60,
Or Convert into 10 Point Score.

The scale "assumes you're
ranking a very "similar game.
In theory a final score can be negative.

See Definitions for a full explanation of every category on the similarity and review scales. See scoring guide for detailed examples.

Comparison Scale Examples:

Vampire Survivors

10.0 | 60

Halls of Torment

9.0 | 53.9

Chess Survivors

8.0 | 48.0

20 Minutes Till Dawn

6.8 | 40.8

Risk of Rain

5.1 | 30.7

Hades

4.4 | 26.3

Returnal

3.2 | 19.4

Rogue

1.0 | 6.1

Elden Ring

-1.9 | -11.3

Call of Duty 2

-3.8 | -22.9

Fun at Home!

Score games yourself with The Scorecard!

Argue about it on the playground!

Patch Notes Archive

Home » Updates » Patch Notes Feed » Time Wasters » Early Access Build #958

Patch notes are imported from steam. There may be errors. This mostly exists so I can stay on top of them to update the features in our tags and scoring categories (which I do manually), but since many of you liked the idea of staying up to date with all the games in one place I'm working on making this data automated (right now I manually hit it every couple days) with better info and linking in with the game views.

There will be more data and proper atribution here (original author, steam link, original post date, etc) real soon, I promise. This is just like a technical test to see if they're coming in ok at all.

Time Wasters » Early Access Build #958

New Ram Loyalty Challenge: Pinball
  • Earn a Solo Victory with Ram to unlock the Pinball Challenge
  • Location: Pinball Machine
  • Punch Enemies Into Bumpers To Build A Combo
  • Bumpers Cause More Damage At Higher Combos
  • Enemy Mass Multiplier 0.5
  • Enemy Hull Multiplier 4
  • Gold Per Pickup -0.85
  • New 3D background
  • New music track
  • 2 New Enemy Types
  • Added Pinball Bumpers Total Damage Dealt & Highest Bumper Combo stats to End of Run Summary
  • New Loyalty icon will replace Solo after earning a Pinball Victory
  • To play, select Ram as the Captain then select Pinball from the Select A Challenge screen
  • Added Unlock Missions & Steam Achievement
  • More Loyalty Challenges may be added in future updates

Loyal Crew Ram

  • Get a Pinball Challenge Victory with Ram to unlock
  • Loyal Crew Ram can immediately join the crew at the start of a run
  • Ram must not be Banished to join your crew

Boxing Gloves

  • Added Knockback Force +250 to Boxing Gloves Overclock

In-Game Upgrades

  • New Weapons display the associated Crew icon
    • Regular Icon with White Square = Selected As Crew
    • Regular Icon with Grey Square = Available As Crew
    • Red Icon = Banished Crew
    • Grey Icon with a Lock = Crew Locked, complete mission to unlock
  • Crew cards display the associated Weapon icon
    • White Square = Weapon Equipped
    • Grey Square = Weapon Available
    • Red Icon = Weapon Banished

Pause Screen

  • Locked Crew displayed in Pause Menu Details Tab

Select Captain Screen

  • Lock on Captain Icons moved to the bottom right corner to match rank icons

Enemies

  • Elites no longer affected by Challenge Hull modifiers

Unlocks Screen

  • Unlocks Screen has been split into 2 Tabs: Page 1 & Page 2

Loyalty Challenges

  • Fade into arena for Ram, Corrosia and Azurene Loyalty Challenges

Early Access Build #959

  • Added maximum distance Elites can travel outside of arena bounds before being teleported back into arena for Azurene & Ram Loyalty Challenges. Prevents occasions where physics collisions send Elites flying out of arena.

Early Access Build #960

  • Changed Seeking Bomb enemies so that they don’t disappear when offscreen (Enemies appear in Azurene’s The Caves & on Waves 10, 30, 50 etc in Ram’s Pinball Challenge)